Exeter City 2-1 Reading: result and report
League One · Saturday 26 August 2023
Result
Exeter City 2-1 Reading
League One · Saturday 26 August 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Exeter City 2-1 Reading: match report
Exeter City defeated Reading 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 26 August 2023. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Will Aimson opened the scoring in the 34th minute. Exeter City's goals came from Will Aimson (34') and Reece Cole (90+3'). Reading scored through Harvey Knibbs (45+3').
Discipline: Exeter City received 3 yellow cards; Reading received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Exeter City were 8th on 7 points from 4 and Reading 13th on 6 points from 4. Exeter City went on to finish that season 13th with 61 points, and Reading 15th with 59.
Exeter City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Reading in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Will Aimson of Exeter City (8.1), ahead of Sam Hutchinson (7.8).
Going into the match Exeter City's last five read W-L-D-W and Reading's W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Pierce Sweeney
- 24'Yellow card · Femi Azeez
- 34'Goal · Will Aimson
- 36'Yellow card · Amadou Salif Mbengue
- 44'Yellow card · Zak Jules
- 45+3'Goal · Harvey Knibbs
- 56'Yellow card · Matty Carson
- 89'Yellow card · Nelson Abbey
- 90+3'Goal · Reece Cole
- 90+3'Yellow card · Reece Cole
Team news
Exeter City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Viljami Sinisalo, Pierce Sweeney, Will Aimson, Alex Hartridge, Ilmari Niskanen, Ryan Trevitt, Tom Carroll, Zak Jules, Dion Rankine, Demetri Mitchell, Jack Aitchison
Reading line-up (4-4-2)
David Button, Amadou Mbengue, Harlee Dean, Nelson Abbey, Matthew Carson, Femi Azeez, Charlie Savage, Sam Hutchinson, Harvey Knibbs, Caylan Vickers, Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan